Richard Blund

Richard Blund
Bishop of Exeter
Elected	c. 30 January 1245
Term ended	26 December 1257
Predecessor	William Briwere
Successor	Walter Branscombe
Orders
Consecration	22 October 1245 by Boniface of Savoy
Personal details
Died	26 December 1257
Denomination	Catholic

Richard Blund (or Richard Blundy; died 1257) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

Blund's family was an important family in the city of Exeter, as his brother Hilary was mayor of Exeter twice, from 1224 to 1230 and from about 1234 to 1235. Because Richard is given the title of magister or master, it is assumed that he attended a university, but which one is unknown. He was a canon of Exeter Cathedral.^[1]

Blund was elected about 30 January 1245 and consecrated on 22 October 1245.^[2] He was consecrated at Reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Boniface of Savoy.^[1] Little is known of his activities as bishop, although the medieval chronicler Matthew Paris considered him a good choice for bishop.^[1]

Blund died on 26 December 1257.^[2] After his death, a number of his clerks used his seal to forge letters giving away the bishop's property and awarding benefices.^[3]

Citations

1 2 3 Barlow "Blund, Richard" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
↑ Moorman Church Life p. 173

References

Barlow, Frank (2004). "Blund, Richard (d. 1257)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94381. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.

External links

"Entry for Richard" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William Briwere	Bishop of Exeter 1245–1257	Succeeded by Walter Branscombe

Bishops of Exeter

Bishops of Crediton	Werstan (bishop at Tawton) Putta (bishop at Tawton) Eadwulf Æthelgar Ælfwold I Sideman Ælfric Ælfwold II Ælfwold III Eadnoth Lyfing of Winchester Leofric see translated to Exeter

High Medieval	Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton

Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman

Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay

Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting) Robert Atwell

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